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Bill: O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights"
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Peoples Party of Jelbania
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2197
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:00:38, March 08, 2006 CET | From |  The Peoples Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | Well? |
| Date | 21:54:27, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | The Citizens Party completely disagrees with both these measures. It is not the government's business to be regulating parenting or local school districts. Jelbania needs to strive toward limited government as much as possible. |
| Date | 02:03:27, March 09, 2006 CET | From | United Worker's Party | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | we support number 2 but not the first one, make this teo seperate bills |
| Date | 02:05:47, March 09, 2006 CET | From | United Worker's Party | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | oh and if your going to steal my bill names, then do it right, the first two digits are the month, the second two are the year, and the third two are the bill number that month. |
| Date | 02:44:53, March 09, 2006 CET | From | The Peoples Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | I humbly apologize. I thought that naturally, after 039603 comes 039603. I assumed that it was a way of counting. The first proposal is withdrawn. |
| Date | 02:46:52, March 09, 2006 CET | From | The Peoples Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | Citizens Party, i am simply trying to seperate church and state. |
| Date | 02:48:48, March 09, 2006 CET | From | The Peoples Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | Sorry that im triple posting, but as soon as i submit one post, another idea comes to mind. It's infuriating. Voting is set on January 2197. |
| Date | 16:01:03, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | Jelbania is a traditionally religious country and our party continues to believe that we must give autonomy to local school districts. We need not intervene in regional practices. |
| Date | 17:07:28, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Conservative People's Party of Jelbania | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | In our humble view, being a Jelbanian means having a choice. Here, we are talking about the choice of the parents sending their children to schools with prayers or without prayers. The CPPJ sees no reason why it shouldn't be in the hand of every single school how to deal with religious matters; distinguishing between "ordinary" and religious schools will just lead to religious extremism which we can't control. However, if parents have the choice between sending their children on a normal school with prayers or a normal school without, we're killing the middle option. Also, the CPPJ believes that we can still combine non-religious values and viewpoints with religious ones, which might not be guaranteed if we close the option of non-religious schools with prayers from the beginning. |
| Date | 20:17:39, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the O39603 "Advances in Religion and Civil Rights" |
| Message | If religion and values are forced on someone, they may not truly agree. While we are a mainly Christian party, we realize this is necessary. Yes, vote it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 319 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 182 |
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